Rail-joint.



UNITED `STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDUARD zAMnoRsKY, oF wEsr LEIsERINe, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAIL-JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 698,615, dated April 29, 1902. Appleman inea January 8, 1902. serien No. 88,588'. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDUARD ZAMBoRsKY, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at West Leiserin g, in the county of Fayette and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in metallic ties and railfasteners combined, and has for its object the provision of novel means whereby a rail may be securely fastened without the use of nuts and bolts.

The present invention has foil its object to construct a device of this character that may be easily applied to the tie and readily removed therefrom when desired; furthermore, to provide a device of this class that will be extremely simple, strong, durable, and comparatively inexpensive to manufac ture.

The herein '-described invention broadly consists in providing a novel form o f fishplates that are sleeved upon the tieand to provide fastening means securing said fishplates to the tie and rail.

My invention further consists in providing one of the said fish-plates .with a series of studs extending through the web ofthe rail and engaging in corresponding openings formed in the opposite fish-plate and to further provide a metallic tie with wedge-shaped openings to receive the wedges that will securely fasten the fish-plates in position.

The invention still further consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In describing the invention in detail reference is hadto the accompanyingdrawings, forminga part of this specification, and wherein -like numerals of reference indicate `like parts throughout the several views,in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved metallic tie and rail-fastener combined. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of one of the slrplates carrying the studs. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 4 l of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the opposite iish-plate in which the openings are formed to receive the studs.

In the drawings the reference-numeral 1 represents an I-beam metallic tie having formed in the upper face thereof Wedgeshaped openings 2 to receive wedges 3.

The reference-nu rneral 4 represents one of the fish-plates, and 5 the opposite fish-plate. The said fish-plates have T-shaped openings 6 formed therein to receivethe upper portion of the I-beam, which permits the fish-plates to be sleeved upon the metallic tie. The sh-plate 4 carries aseries of pins 7 upon its inner engaging face, these pins ext-ending through openings 8,formed in the web of the vrail 9, and extend into corresponding openings lO, formed in the inner face of the {ishplate 5. The wedges 3 extend vertically and engage through the head ofthe tie on each side of the web thereof, the Wedges engaging the outer faces of the fish-plates both above and below the head of the tie.

It will be seen that by my improved railjoint the wedges may be easily removed; and the fish-plates may be adjusted upon the metallic tie to permit the rails to be removed and replaced as desired, and the lish-plates may entirely be disconnected from the tie.

The many advantagesobtained by the use of my improved device will be readily apparent from the foregoing description, taken in connection withy the accompanying drawings.

It will b'e noted that various changes may be made in the details of construction Without departing from the general spirit of my invention. Y

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a metallic tie andrail-fastener, an I- beam metallic tie receiving `therails onthe head thereof, fish-plates recessed on `their inner faces and for receiving the railbase sleeved upon the head of the tie and engaging the web thereof, and vertically-extending wedges received in openings provided there; for in the head of the tie and on each side of the web of the tie, the wedges engaging the web of the tie and the outer face of the fishplates, substantially as described.

2. In a metallic tie and rail-fastener, an I- beam metallic tie receiving the rails on the head thereof, iish-plates sleeved on the head of the tie and engaging the web, said fishplates being recessed on their inner facesfor receiving the rail-base, said fish-plates extending beyond the sides of the tie and enwedges engaging through the head of the tie 1o and abutting against the outer face of the fishplates, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

base, at that point, a series of studs carried by one of the sh-plates and extending into the other fish-plate, and vertically-extending Witnesses: v

ARTHUR K. KNo'rTs,

gaging the upper and lower faces of the raill EDUARD ZAMBORSK'Y.

l JASPER AUGUSTINE. 

